# NTSB ATL83LA187: Cessna 210L, N4665Q, Hickory, NC, May 14, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 14, 1983, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Hickory, NC
- Coordinates: 35.770076, -81.329223 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7701&lon=-81.3292&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6064
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA187
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6064/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA187

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE ACFT RAN OFF THE END OF A GRASS STRIP AND NOSED OVER. THE PILOT SAID THE APPROACH AND TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL BUT THE ACFT DID NOT SLOW AS FAST AS HE EXPECTED. AS THE RUNWAY END APPROACHED THE PILOT USED HARD BRAKING AND THE ACFT SLID OFFTHE END OF THE STRIP. IT SLID OVER A DROP-OFF 3 FT HIGH ONTO A ROAD COLLAPSING THE NOSE GEAR AND NOSING OVER AS IT COLLIDED WITH A SMALL DIRT BANK.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N4665Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 210L
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21059565
- Airframe hours: 2076
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-H 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: G.S. Fibers, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, January 30, 1983, 31 hours before
- Departed: SVH, STATESVILLE, NC
- Airport: E-40, Wilson Airport, runway 35, 2,200 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,111 total, 576 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 11 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: HKY, 5 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830514019189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830514019189A), May 14, 1983: Cessna 210L, Hickory, NC, Substantial damage. Landed on a short strip with tall grass. Rolled into a ditch at end of unmarked runway and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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